Lady ‘Dawgs to travel for sectional

Wednesday

May 16, 2018 at 5:37 PMMay 16, 2018 at 7:11 PM

The Daily Herald

Columbia Academy scored first and last in its Region 5-A softball championship matchup Tuesday with host Houston County, but the Lady Irish managed four runs in the interim and claimed the title with a 4-2 victory.

The loss sends the Lady Bulldogs (14-14) to Summertown for a 6:30 p.m. Class A sectional game on Friday, while Houston County will play Loretto.

CA broke on top in its opening at-bat, as Karli Quillin reached base and moved up on a steal and a Kaylee Ray sacrifice before scoring on a wild pitch by Houston County’s Sydney Brake.

The hosts scored twice to take the lead, then extended the margin on a Brake two-run triple in the fifth.

“That gave them the momentum,” CA coach Seth Anderson said.

The Lady Bulldogs cut into the deficit when Brittany Adair doubled to drive in Bailee Luna in the sixth, but couldn’t get any closer.

Adair allowed just five hits, striking out 14 and walking two in six innings. Brake finished with 11 strikeouts in the win, holding CA to just two hits.

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